Where does “អ្នកអាន” come from?

អ្នកអាន (Khmer) comes from Khmer អាន, from Thai อ่าน, from Proto-Tai ʔaːnᴮ — to recite.

អ្នកអាន (Khmer): reader

Definitions

  1. reader

Ancestry of “អ្នកអាន”, step by step

អ្នកអាន traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer អាន

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអានto sharpen; to whet; saddle for horses; to read...
2Thaiอ่านto read; to count
3Proto-Taiʔaːnᴮto recite

via Khmer អ្នក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអ្នកperson, one, someone; -er, -man, one who; native...
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